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Page xii
... on hill side or mountain top , under the olive , or the oak , or the sbadow of a
great rock : there the author lived , thought , felt , and wrote ; and , no doubt ,
place and circumstance have given colour and character to many parts of the
work .
... on hill side or mountain top , under the olive , or the oak , or the sbadow of a
great rock : there the author lived , thought , felt , and wrote ; and , no doubt ,
place and circumstance have given colour and character to many parts of the
work .
Page 37
If you doubt , dragon ! I refer you to the deep bay down yonder , which owes its
name to this contest on its shore . I can show you the well into which the
victorious saint cast the horrid monster , and the spot where he washed his
bloody hands ...
If you doubt , dragon ! I refer you to the deep bay down yonder , which owes its
name to this contest on its shore . I can show you the well into which the
victorious saint cast the horrid monster , and the spot where he washed his
bloody hands ...
Page 52
No doubt . To me this noble grove , spreading like a silver sea along the base of
the hills , and climbing their ascending terraces , is perfectly charming ; and it
speaks of peace and plenty , food and gladness . The olive - tree and its fruit
make ...
No doubt . To me this noble grove , spreading like a silver sea along the base of
the hills , and climbing their ascending terraces , is perfectly charming ; and it
speaks of peace and plenty , food and gladness . The olive - tree and its fruit
make ...
Page 58
They are , no doubt , very ancient . Lift the lid , and the dust within differs not from
the surrounding soil from which grows the corn of the current year . And sú it was
twenty centuries ago , I suppose . They are without inscriptions , and have ...
They are , no doubt , very ancient . Lift the lid , and the dust within differs not from
the surrounding soil from which grows the corn of the current year . And sú it was
twenty centuries ago , I suppose . They are without inscriptions , and have ...
Page 62
... keep hard by the footsteps of the shepherd , whether sauntering through green
meadows by the still waters , feeding upon the mountains , or resting at noon
beneath the sharlow of great rocks . And now others enter , but in doubt and
alarm .
... keep hard by the footsteps of the shepherd , whether sauntering through green
meadows by the still waters , feeding upon the mountains , or resting at noon
beneath the sharlow of great rocks . And now others enter , but in doubt and
alarm .
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| Title | The Land and the Book: Or, Biblical Illustrations Drawn from the Manners and Customs, the Scenes and Scenery, of the Holy Land |
| Author | William McClure Thomson |
| Publisher | T. Nelson, 1869 |
| Original from | National Library of Israel |
| Digitized | 21 Jan 2020 |
| Length | 718 pages |
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